The application at 3400 Weston Rd. and 2405 Finch Ave. W. seeks to amend zoning by-laws to permit a third residential building at the site; the existing two buildings would remain. The proposed new 36-storey building would have a five-storey podium and contain 480 residential units as well as a daycare.
Humber Summit Residents’ Association president Grant Evers said his group doesn’t oppose development but wants to see development that is supported by good infrastructure and social services like schools and supermarkets. “The proposed applications by Medallion Development at Weston and Finch represent massive over-intensification,” he said in a statement.
Luka Kot, planning and development manager at Medallion Developments, said in an email in April that the proposal at 3400 Weston will include revitalization of the older tower lots as the existing parking lots will be redesigned with modern landscaping.
“The existing tenants will also benefit from the newly provided indoor amenities as part of the development.”
Kot said the proposed highrise will serve a much-needed housing demand and provide for a new opportunity for people to stay in the community they grew up in. “It will provide opportunities for the elderly to downsize as well as an opportunity for young adults to move into their first apartments.”
Evers had said the Emery Village Secondary Plan, which was passed in 2002, allows three to six storey buildings in the area though it could be increased to 18 storeys if sufficient community benefits are provided. “We want to see a development that is consistent with the Emery Village Secondary Plan,” he said in the statement.
At the March 3 Etobicoke York Community Council meeting, Humber River-Black Creek Councillor Anthony Perruzza made a motion, which was carried, to direct city planners to review the proposal in the context of the secondary plan.
“Hopefully the building will come down considerably in density, and we get it more to a scale that is acceptable in that plan,” he said in an interview in April.
The virtual public consultation meeting will be held 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. June 23. A link to the meeting will be provided on the city’s planning consultations webpage at toronto.ca/cpconsultations before the session.
